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English Renaissance

By TimeLord
  • Period: 1485 to 1509

    Reign of Henry VII

    • Suppresed privates armies from lords.
    • Centralized political and finantial power
    • Mader peace with Scotland
    • Forced the Irish parliament to subdue to English Rule
    • Set trade with Netherlands
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

    Seem as properous at first, but eventually made a schism in the reigns.
  • 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    Protestant Reformation
    Luther nailed in a church door his 95 thesiest
  • 1521

    Pope Leo X name Henry VIII as Defender of the Faith

    Pope Leo X name Henry VIII as Defender of the Faith
  • 1527

    Henry VIII meets Anna Boleyn

    Henry VIII meets Anna Boleyn
  • 1534

    Henry VIII forced the Act of Supremacy into the Parliament

    Henry VIII forced the Act of Supremacy into the Parliament
    The act defined the King as the supreme head of the Church of England
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Reign of Edward VI

    Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
  • 1551

    Publication of Utopia by Thomas More

    Publication of Utopia by Thomas More
    Thomas More set a precedent about the concept of human perfection with his book.
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary Tudor

    • Inherently catholic
    • Married to Philip of Spain, heir to the spanish crown.
    • Known as Bloody Mary
  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Elizabeth I

    Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
    - Protestant
    - Applauded for: the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spaniards' Invincible Armada by her navy.
    - It was seen by the catholic population as cold, hypocritical and ruthless.
  • 1563

    Elizabeth I repealed the Catholic Legislation of Mary Tudor

  • 1563

    39 articles of the Church of England

    39 articles of the Church of England
    Catholicism is officially prohibited in England